Re: max-lisp-eval-depth

[Oleksandr Gavenko]

On 2013-01-31, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>> And then other times, I can't enter my Inbox because of
>> "max-lisp-eval-depth."
>
> That's either because there's an infinite recursion (in which case you
> need to fix the corresponding code), or because the code uses more stack
> space than provided.
> You can fix the latter problem either by increasing the stack space (by
> setting max-lisp-eval-depth to a larger value) or by reducing the
> stack usage.  Byte-compiled code uses much less stack space, so if you
> use Elisp packages without byte-compiling them, the first thing I'd
> suggest is to byte-compile them.
>
Please answer why *Byte-compiled code uses much less stack space*?

Very briefly, with few tech details. Which ratio between compiled and
non-compiled usage?

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